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Bush Inks Order On Immigrant Workers
CBS News ^ | 6/9/08

Posted on 06/09/2008 11:46:57 AM PDT by Dawnsblood

President Bush has signed an executive order requiring contractors and others who do business with the federal government to make sure their employees can legally work in the United States.

Mr. Bush signed the order Friday and the White House announced the order Monday.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez planned an afternoon news conference to discuss the order and other ways the administration has stepped up its crackdown on illegal immigration.

The order says federal departments and agencies must require contractors to use an electronic system to verify that the workers are eligible to work in the U.S.

The order is aimed at cracking down on hiring of illegal immigrants. But people who overstayed visas or came to the country legally but do not have permission to work, such as some students or those awaiting work permits, also could be snagged with the system.

"It is the policy of the executive branch to enforce fully the immigration laws of the United States, including the detection and removal of illegal aliens and the imposition of legal sanctions against employers that hire illegal aliens," in the executive order says.

The order comes as a worker verification bill has essentially stalled in Congress. A Democratic immigration enforcement bill would require employers to check the citizenship and legal status of all their employees.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; blamebushfirst; bush; employers; illegal; illegalinvasion; immigrantlist; immigration; ourmexicanpresidente; presidentbush; work
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To: 1rudeboy

Why would I call Duncan Hunter gullible? His statements are the same as mine. He has said the administration is stalling the fence. He has said only a few miles have been built. He has complained that Congress defunded the fence. There is no difference between his statements and mine.


61 posted on 06/09/2008 2:51:12 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: TigersEye

Sorry, I don’t see Duncan Hunter asking, “Are you saying you think a fence is being built?” That makes it a difference.


62 posted on 06/09/2008 2:53:23 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: avacado

http://grassfire.org/

Maybe this link will help.


63 posted on 06/09/2008 2:54:20 PM PDT by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
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To: 1rudeboy

Believe me; I’m not going to try to reason with someone who expects people to take adolescent semantic distinctions as intelligent debate.


64 posted on 06/09/2008 2:55:10 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker
You have made the perfect case for my original post (#6) in this thread. Congrats.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2028416/posts?page=42#6

And acquiring the land is the initial process of building the fence. Along with a virtual fence that they have been testing, along with obtaining contractors. This fence is being built. Just not to your liking. Tuff.

65 posted on 06/09/2008 2:55:33 PM PDT by avacado
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To: TigersEye

Personally, I was waiting for you to get started. But it was amusing to quote your words back at you only to be accused of playing semantics. Thanks.


66 posted on 06/09/2008 2:58:23 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: avacado

You put forth a dispute over a small percentage of the Texas/Mexican border to make your point while ignoring that 90% of the CA/Mex border, 99% of the AZ/Mex border and 99% of the NM/Mex border has had no construction taking place. Apparently the smallest possible excuse is good enough for you.


67 posted on 06/09/2008 3:00:30 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: 1rudeboy

I’m glad you’re amused. Anyone who plays semantic games to make their excuses must be easily amused.


68 posted on 06/09/2008 3:02:12 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: TigersEye

Get a map. Texas is big.


69 posted on 06/09/2008 3:04:18 PM PDT by avacado
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To: avacado
Have you noticed that, with all these border security groups out there (God Bless 'em), no one ever posts here the actual amount (in miles) of fence that has been constructed?

We know it's not zero. And we know any number provided by the government will be met with scepticism (as it should). So how come an organization that people can actually trust doesn't step to the plate? It's infuriating.

70 posted on 06/09/2008 3:05:18 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: avacado

No kidding. I didn’t even include the fact that a large percentage of the Texas border is under no dispute. But has no construction under way.


71 posted on 06/09/2008 3:05:42 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: 1rudeboy

I notice you’re not posting any mileage.


72 posted on 06/09/2008 3:06:28 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: TigersEye

Again you asked me if I think the fence is being built. There, and earlier, you implied that it is not. I’m not playing a semantic game. I’m making you look like a fool.


73 posted on 06/09/2008 3:06:46 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy
Playing a semantic game that my statement is not an absolute makes you look like a fool since I never said it was an absolute.

What percentage of the border has had a fence built?

74 posted on 06/09/2008 3:08:57 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: TigersEye
I notice you’re not posting any mileage.

No, I haven't. Therefore, none of it has been built. Not an inch. Brilliant!

75 posted on 06/09/2008 3:10:51 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Now there’s an intelligent and mature response. Put some words in your opponents mouth, avoid the question and make a smarmy “Brilliant!” remark. Are you more than ten years old? If so you’re embarrassing yourself.


76 posted on 06/09/2008 3:12:51 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: TigersEye
What percentage of the border has had a fence built?

New (from the ground up) fencing, in the past year, from the top of my head, I'll guess 10%.

77 posted on 06/09/2008 3:13:20 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: TigersEye
Listen, there's a "trackback" feature on FR threads, and I'll let your comments stand for themselves since you won't defend them.
78 posted on 06/09/2008 3:14:29 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Guess? That is your contribution to certainty and absolutism that you’re whining I didn’t live up to?


79 posted on 06/09/2008 3:15:00 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: TigersEye

Zero is absolute. Maybe you never learned.


80 posted on 06/09/2008 3:16:38 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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